The tradition of building human towers, or “castells” in Catalan, dates to the 18th century and forms an essential part of Catalonia’s culture.

That’s because husband-and-wife team Josep Roca and Montserrat Fontané opened a restaurant called Can Roca in 1967 in Girona, about an hour north of Barcelona.

Socialist Salvador Illa elected leader of Spain’s Catalonia Illa’s confirmation by Catalan parliament ends a decade of separatist regional rule in the northeastern Spanish region.

With record heat and drought-stricken woods, Spain’s Catalonia faces perfect wildfire conditions Take a prolonged drought amid record-high temperatures for Spain, toss in an increasingly dense ...

Chiva, Spain — The death toll from historic flash floods in Spain climbed to at least 205 people Friday, with many more believed to be missing, as the initial shock gave way to anger ...

Rescuers plunged into inundated garages on Monday to find victims of Spain's deadliest floods in a generation as fresh downpours sparked transport chaos in the northeastern region of Catalonia ...

Spain’s Socialists won the biggest share of the vote in Sunday’s Catalan elections, dealing a serious blow to more than a decade of separatist governance and the independence dreams still ...

Spain's ruling Socialists regained control of Catalonia's regional government as a new cabinet was sworn in on Monday, ending over a decade of separatist rule in the region.

This part of northeast Spain braced for wildfires due to lethal combination of prolonged drought, record-high temperatures and increasingly dense woods unable to adapt to fast-changing climate ...